The Kinder-thon for Camper Scholarships

Dear Camp Kinderland Family,

Camp Kinderland has always been a place like no other. From the Peace Olympics to honoring our bunk names, singing labor songs, learning Yiddish, and forging lifelong friendships, Kinderland has been a home for so many of us.

But keeping this unique experience alive isn’t easy. Rising costs for food, transportation, facility maintenance, and camp programming are a challenge—and yet, we remain committed to ensuring that every child has the chance to attend, regardless of financial circumstances.

Through our annual Kinder-thon fundraiser, we ensure that no child is turned away due to lack of funds. Your generosity makes this possible. This past summer, we distributed a record $100,000 in camper scholarships to make that promise a reality. of their financial circumstances. In fact, this past summer, we broke a record by distributing over $100,000 in camper scholarships.

But we need your help. Please consider donating to our Kinderthon for Camper Scholarships, and help us keep the spirit of Camp alive for future generations.

Your donation will ensure that every child, no matter their financial situation, can benefit from the transformative experience that we offer. Every donation, big or small, makes a difference. 

Thank you for being part of our Camp Kinderland family. We couldn’t do this without you.

With appreciation,

Cindy Zingher
Executive Director

Celebrating Ira/Bazingn Ira: An Ira Memory Book

To the Kinderland Community/ Mishpokhe,

When Ira died, we wanted to find a lasting way to remember and celebrate what he gave to all who knew him. So we decided to create a journal, Celebrating Ira/Bazingn Ira, filling it with pictures, with memories and testimonials and with anything else that conjured Ira's spirit. 

We want to thank everyone whose words contributed to this journal; we're sorry that we weren't able to reach anyone who wasn't, at the time, able to do that. We know our whole community has special memories of Ira and this journal could never be truly comprehensive.

Although this was initiated and developed by us, and is not a camp project, camp agreed to fund the printing. We feel we cannot put a price tag on this, especially as we think anyone who wants a copy should be able to have one. However, we are asking that , if you can, you make a donation of any size to help defray camp's cost to have it printed.

If you want a copy mailed to you, please donate $5 below to cover shipping costs. Otherwise, contribute whatever you can, and we’ll send you a book.

In Khavershaft,

Judee Rosenbaum, Shayla Partridge, Randi Itzkowitz, Joe Fitzgerald

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Our Annual Newsletter

It has been quite a year for the Camp Kinderland community, and we are pleased to share the highlights with you in the latest Camp Kinderland Newsletter!

Click here to read it from your computer or tablet, take it with you on your phone, or print it out at home. It is easy to share with family and friends - just forward them the link or direct them to the Kinderland website. 

Announcing the 2024 Benefit Weekend for Alumni!

Join us up at Camp for classic activities like campwide dance, singing, basketball, and swimming and boating, and shmooze! Get your old bunkmates back together, connect with alumni across groups and generations, and help us recruit new campers by inviting friends, neighbors, classmates, family members, or colleagues with camp-aged kids. Guests are welcome to attend for an afternoon, one night, or the whole weekend.

Register, today!

Please note:

If you need an extra bed for a child in a private room, please e-mail joeycampkinderland@gmail.com.

If your group is interested in renting a full bunk, please email joeycampkinderland@gmail.com.

Final Share for Ira: A Celebration of Life

Please join us Sunday, March 10th to celebrate the life of our beloved

Ira Coleman-Palansky.

When:

Sunday, March 10th, 11:07am to 3:30pm

Where:

Mt Sinai Hospital, Main Entrance

1468 Madison Avenue (at 100th St)

Stern Auditorium

The Stern Auditorium is to the left of the main atrium.

Follow signs for: “Steve Itzkowitz, MD: CIT Workshop.”
There will be wheelchair/elevator access.

When:

Doors Open at 10:30am

Program will begin, in Ira fashion, at 11:07am

Important Information:

Latecomers will be seated in the Hess Auditorium with live video of the Share bill.

Dress code: purple and/or orange

Bagels, etc., will follow at the Davis Conference Area, 2nd Floor Hess Building, 1470 Madison Avenue

Please CLICK HERE to RSVP by March 1st so we can get a headcount for the caterer.

For those who cannot make it, please join us at the Zoom link below:

https://mssm.zoom.us/j/88459955726

Passcode: 426108

A Profound Loss: Ira Coleman-Palansky

Beloved Camp Community,

It is with profound sorrow and shock that we write to inform you that Ira Coleman-Palansky died last night, following sudden complications ten days after knee surgery. Our hearts go out to Val, Micki Lee, Cyndi Lou, Anne, Josh, Ferdi, and the entire family, and also to all of us who so loved, and will so deeply miss Ira. He had been Program Director of Kinderland for forty years and was the soul of Camp. Even with him gone, we will laugh and “sing with Ira” for the rest of our lives, and remain forever touched by his generous heart.

We will gather together on Sunday, March 10th in New York City to celebrate the life of our beloved Ira Coleman-Palansky. Details to follow.

In deep grief and solidarity.

Tsoyberland! Celebrating Camp Kinderland's 100th Anniversary

An original play celebrating Camp Kinderland's 100th Anniversary. Written and directed by Julia Rosenblatt.

Honoring Alice Shechter, Billy Rothberg, and Judee Rosenbaum

Speeches from Camp Kinderland's 100th Anniversary Celebration honoring Alice Shechter, Billy Rothberg, and Judee Rosenbaum at Camp Kinderland's Centennial

The Meaning of “Carry it On”

Celebrating 100 Years of Camp Kinderland

2022 Olympics Journal

Swords into Plowshares

For the past 63 years, our campers and staff have participated in a very special tradition at Camp Kinderland.  The Kinderland Peace Olympics has been an integral part of every season in that it reflects camp’s values of peace, equality, and social justice.  Our goal is to pay tribute to the people, events, and social movements that reflect our commitment to make the world a better place. In addition, the Peace Olympics provides us with a framework of group cooperation and respect for one another’s abilities. Children can exercise their many skills, explore new ideas and capacities, and share with each other across age groups.  Best of all, they do all of this while having a great time.

We are proud to unveil the murals from this summer's Peace Olympics! Our theme of the summer is "Swords Into Plowshares" and the teams were:

CHIPKO MOVEMENT, also called Chipko andolan, nonviolent social and ecological movement by rural villagers, particularly women, in India in the 1970s, aimed at protecting trees and forests slated for government-backed logging. The movement originated in the Himalayan region and quickly spread throughout the Indian Himalayas. The Hindi word chipko means “to hug” or “to cling to” and reflects the demonstrators’ primary tactic of embracing the trees to impede the loggers.

LANDLESS WORKERS MOVEMENT (MST), Portuguese Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra, Brazilian social movement seeking agrarian reform through land expropriation. The Landless Workers Movement (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra; MST) is one of the largest and most-influential social movements in Latin America. Thousands of Brazilian families live in its land-occupation settlements in an effort to redistribute land to rural workers for small-scale farming.

THE GREEN WAVE MOVEMENT. In Argentina, the movement that has fought for abortion rights and had a major influence over the country's legalization of abortions has come to be known as the "Green Wave." The Marea Verde or “Green Wave” movement for abortion rights continues to sweep across Latin America. On the heels of a historic win in Argentina , Mexico's Supreme Court ruled that criminalizing abortion is unconstitutional, paving the way for Mexico to become the most populous Latin American country to legalize abortion.Now the movement has spread to other countries on the continent.

ABOLISHING APARTHEID. The laws of Apartheid denied basic human rights to the overwhelming majority of South Africans. Apartheid, under which the white minority held power over the entire population, was met with strong internal and external resistance. The most powerful form of resistance, however, was the refusal of South African blacks to remain prisoners in their own land. A multi-racial coalition, led by Black South Africans, ultimately forced the apartheid government out of power.

2022 Peace Olympics Journal

We invite you to download and read our 2022 Peace Olympics Journal to learn more about how each team celebrated their history in the 2021 Camp Kinderland Peace Olympics!

Summer 2022 Photos are Here!

Here is the link to albums for our July session.  Check back for updates - we will upload a few times per week:

https://www.bunk1.com/pub/photos/176077

Announcing the 2021 Camp K Newsletter!

2021 Annual Camp Kinderland Newsletter

2021 was quite a year for the Camp Kinderland community, and we are so excited to share the highlights with you in the latest Camp Kinderland Newsletter! Click the link above to read it from your computer or tablet, take it with you on your phone, or print it out at home. It is easy to share with family and friends - just forward them the link or direct them to the Kinderland website.